An interesting piece from David Rundell.
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The 1945 meeting between American President Franklin Roosevelt and Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz, which laid the foundation for their nations' enduring relationship, is often portrayed as an exchange of oil for security cooperation. But in reality, oil was hardly discussed. The conversation aboard the USS Quincy, afloat in the Suez Canal, focused on Palestine.
President Roosevelt told King Abdulaziz how the Jews of Europe had suffered indescribable horrors at the hands of the Nazis: eviction from their homes, destruction of their property, torture of their families, and mass murder. Could the king help with their resettlement?
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